M2 TechCast Talks Drones, TC Tech, Cyber Summit, Patents

The show will include another update on federal law surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, from Traverse City attorney Enrico Schaefer, who keeps us all current on this issue at his website DroneLawPro.com.

Also appearing will be Russell Schindler, who will talk about TC New Tech Meetup, a monthly startup pitch night modeled on Ann Arbor’s A3 New Tech Meetup.

State Chief Information Security Officer Rajiv Das will highlight the topics to be discussed Monday, Oct. 17 at the North American International Cyber Summit. The cybersecurity event will be held at Cobo Center in Detroit.

Finally, Keith Schoenberger, patent law expert at the Troy law firm Young Basile, will explain how to tell a good patent from a bad one.

The M2 TechCast is hosted by Mike Brennan, founder and publisher of Michigan Technology News, http://www.mitechnews.com, and Matt Roush, director of the university news bureau at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield. Both have covered high-tech in Michigan as journalists for more than 20 years.

The M2 TechCast is part of Podcast Detroit, a network of more than 50 locally produced podcasts on a wide variety of topics, anchored by IT in the D. the nation’s No. 1 tech podcast, which regularly draws more than 500,000 listeners a week. IT in the D airs live Monday nights from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern time.